It is a design classic. It’s simplicity of form perfectly matches its intimate function. often used; rarely perused… My aim here was to make something of an icon from a cheap, mundane, everyday essential.

The oblique references accompanying each drawing relate not only to the condom and its intended purpose, but also the drawing techniques employed. Their mis-registrations and mis-spellings create double meanings to represent those frequent breakdowns in communication between lovers. Although the titles of the work perhaps reflect a certain cynicism regarding the rituals of sexual courtship, I hope the pictures may elicit the same knowing smile which greets the emergence of a condom, fresh from its package…

All drawings charcoal and fixative on watercolour paper 75 x 52cm

[This suite of drawings was first shown as “Little Friends” at Alternative Art Galleries, Chiltern St. London W1. 1-25th Feb. 1995]

A suite of works on paper inspired by the counter-intuitive concept of ‘Dazzle Camouflage’. This was employed on some allied shipping during the Great War, and more rarely, during WWII; not to offer concealment but to make it difficult for the enemy to estimate the target’s range, speed, and heading.
Here the figure is partially concealed by a target pattern projected across a room, but which simultaneously breaks this geometry and signals a human presence in the composition.

A representational figure work, but the composition owes much to ideas of Op Art and high contrast design.

NINE LIVES: Teifi Art Group
Art Matters, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
April 1, 2014 – April 30, 2014
An exhibition in various media from this group of artists based in and
around Cardigan and the Teifi valley
Andie Clay
Wendy Evans
Helen Gillam
Carole King
Nigel Pugh

Diane Walkey
Peter Rossiter
Philippa SibertGlenn Ibbitson
Art Matters can be found at http://www.artmatters.org.uk/
details of current exhibition and opening times can be found there.